The National Space Biomedical Research Institute's two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship Program offers young scientists the opportunity to manage their own space-related biomedical research project while continuing to learn from an experienced faculty mentor. Participants become a part of one of NSBRI's research teams and also receive introduction to NASA Johnson Space Center's research facilities and program.

The 2006 NSBRI Postdoctoral Fellows and their projects are listed below with their institution, mentor and NSBRI research team. Each project title is linked to the technical summary for that project.

Roger K. Long, M.D.
University of California, San Francisco
Recovery of IGF-1 Signaling in Bone by Skeletal Reloading
NSBRI Bone Loss Team
Mentor: Daniel D. Bikle, M.D., Ph.D.

Paul MacNeilage, Ph.D.
Washington University
Psychophysics and Modeling of Spatial Orientation Perception
NSBRI Sensorimotor Adaptation Team
Mentor: Dora E. Angelaki, Ph.D., M.S.

Shigeki Shibata, M.D., Ph.D.
UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Impacts of Bed Rest, Exercise and Aging on Dynamic Ventricular-Arterial Coupling
NSBRI Cardiovascular Alterations Team
Mentor: Benjamin D. Levine, M.D.